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OUR AUNT FEOM CALIFORNIA. 



2Dramati^ ^er^onae* 

Felicia Needey ^ 

Rosalie Needey \ Sisters. 

Sally Needey J 

Mrs. Needey, their mother. 

Miss Wilcoxngibs, their dressmaker. 

Mrs. Merry Muntoburn, their Aunt from California. 



OUE AUNT FEOI CALIFOENIA. 



Scene. — Sitting-room of the home of the Needeys, show- 
ing dull colors, sad pictures, dry-looking books about. 
Miss Felicia Needey is seated, weeping. She is thin, 
spectacled, severely dressed. She holds a large hook 
marked " Milton.'' Miss Rosalie Needey is reclin- 
ing, asleep in an easy chair. She has a plump figure, 
clad in a lounging wrapper, her hair is in curl-papers, 
and in her lap are some fashion papers. 

(Rosalie wakes.) 

Rosalie. What's the matter, Felicia? 

Felicia. This, (holds up book) 

Rosalie. Only a book! I think it is ridiculous the 
way you go on about books. What is affecting you 
now? 

Felicia. I'm reading " II Penseroso." It's so sad. 
(boo-hoos violently) 

Rosalie, {yawning) Did Sally say what was going 
to be for lunch? 

Felicia, (still crying) I think she said " fried oys- 
ters," but just listen to this, sister 

" Hence vain deluding joys, 
Hail divinest Melancholy! " 

Ah! Milton knew exactly how I feel. 

Rosalie, {looking over fashion papers) Excuse me, 
Felicia; since Sally is going to have the dressmaker to- 
day, I might as well consult her about my new gown. 
I've got to have something to wear to the performance 
of " The Rivals " by the Amateur Dramatic Society. 
They wanted me to take a part, {laughs and yaivns) 
Too much like work. Sally is to be Mrs. Malaprop. 
Did you know that, Felicia? 

Felicia. (scornfully) Mrs. Malaprop! Oh, yes, I 
know. I wish I could Interest Sally in higher litera- 
ture. 



4 OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 

Rosalie, Well, it's lucky that Sally isn't always 
buried in doleful books, like you, or who would look 
after the house, now that mother is away? I haven't the 
energy. But if grandfather is better, mother will be 
coming home soon now. 

Felicia, Mother's letter said he was better, but we 
must always expect the worst, you know. 

Rosalie. Oh, I can't find any pattern that pleases me. 
I'll get Sally to design something, (settles dotvn for 
another nap) 

Felicia. Where did you say Sally' went? 

Rosalie. To engage a dressmaker to make her cos- 
tumes for Mrs. Malaprop, 

Felicia. Such frivolity! 



(Postman's whistle, knock at the door, maid "brings in 
letter to Felicia.) 

Felicia. From Tarrytown! Rosalie, wake up. Here's 
a letter from mother. 

Rosalie, (sits up) Is she coming home? 

Felicia, (reads) "Dear Girls :-^Here is a piece of 
news for you. You are about to receive a visit from your 
rich Aunt Merry — Mrs. Muntoburn. Probably none of 
you remember her, as she has lived in California since 
you were little girls. I regret very much that your 
grandfather is not well enough for me to come home 
yet, and you will have to receive her without me. Of 
course, I am anxious that all my daughters shall do 
credit to their bringing up. You will try, I know; es- 
pecially when I tell you that your aunt intends to in- 
vite one of you to accompany her on a trip to Europe. 
She will decide which one when she has made your 
acquaintance. 

Your aunt's chief characteristic is the love of a joke. 
Nothing delights her more than life and high spirits and 
hearty laughter, but she hates a long face. See to it 
now, Felicia, that you do not bore her with humdrum 
conversation; Rosalie, that you shake off your indolence; 
and Sally, that you are not too busy with your theatrical 
performance to bestow every attention on your aunt 
from California. Yours lovingly, Mother." 

Felicia. A trip to Europe! Oh, think of visiting the 
grave of Browning, the tomb of Shakespeare, and the 
church-yard that Gray wrote his elegy in. 

Rosalie. A trip to Europe! With my rich Aunt Mun- 
toburn! Luxurious steamers! Best hotels! Elegant 



OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 5 

menus! Paris fashions! And escape from all kinds of 
work! Oh! But she'll take only one of us. 
Felicia. Oh, that she would take me! ,, 
Rosalie. What was it mother said about her tastes? 

(Both seize letter and mutter " fond of fun,'' " hates long 
face," etc.) 

Felicia. Oh, here's a postscript, — " Your aunt will ar- 
rive on Friday, the 16th, about 11 a.m. Good gracious! 
This morning! 

Rosalie. It's ten o'clock now. 

{They walk apart in thought.) 

Felicia, {to herself) I believe it is wise for me to 
stoop my intelligence to the study of pleasing my aunt. 
What method shall I pursue? 

Rosalie, {to herself) If there is anything worth ex- 
erting myself for, it is a trip to Europe. How to set 
about it! 

Felicia. A thought occurs! The furnishing of this 
room, dictated by my cultured taste, would not, I fear, 
appeal to a jovial person, {exit) 

Rosalie. Felicia won't stand a chance. Those books 
of hers will betray her serious mind. Her name is in 
every one. I'll just leave a few open at the title page. 
By the way, that gives me an idea, {exit with hat) 

{Enter Felicia, arms full of gay sofa pillows, comic 
statuette, bright posters, etc.) 

Felicia. I procured these from Sally's room. I can 
just mention to aunt that I put them here. 

{Enter Rosalie, with roll of papers.) 

Rosalie. Ho! Those won't do you any good. Sally 
will say they're hers. Now, I just slipped to the corner 
newsstand and bought these, {unrolls comic weeklies) 
I'll write my name on each, and they'll make a contrast 
to yours on the center table. 

Felicia. Oh, no. Mine are going to be temporarily 
out of sight, {hides her books under the table, replaces 
them with some of Sally's) 

Rosalie. Felicia, would you say I had a hearty laugh? 

Felicia. I don't know. Let me hear you laugh. 



6 OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA, 

Rosalie, (forces an artificial laugh) Dear! That's 
dreadful! Let's hear you Felicia. 

Felicia. I can't laugh at absolutely nothing. 

Rosalie. * Well, I'll read you a joke, then. Here's a 
short one. (reads from comic paper) A Scotchman met 
an Irishman and accosted him with "Hoot, mon! " to 
which Pat replied, " Go on wid yes. D'yes take me for 
an owl? " 

(Both laugh uwakly, the sound dies away, and they 
groan together, as Sally enters with buiidle.) 

Sally. Girls, I've got a fine rig for Mrs. Malaprop 

(stares in amazement) What in the world! 

Felicia and Rosalie, (alternately) Oh, Sally! Who 
do you think is coming this very morning? Our aunt 
from California! Mrs. Merry Muntoburn! We fixed up 
these things to try and please her? Mamma writes that 
she's a humorist. Hates a long face. Dotes on jokes 
and high spirits. 

Sally, (stares at them) Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! 

Rosalie. You won't be able to laugh like that when 
you hear all that depends on it. 

Felicia. No, she is going to take one of us to Europe. 
She wishes to make our acquaintance, so as to decide 
which pleases her best. 

Sally. A trip to Europe! Oh, I've been dying to go 
ever since I visited the midway at the Pan-American. 
Oh, fun alive! But, of course, she won't take me. Plain 
Sally will stand no chance beside the cultured Felicia 
or the fashionable Rosalie, (courtesies to Felicia and 
gives Rosalie a hug) But, let me see the letter (reads) 
" 'm — 'm — 'm — And Sally, see that you are not too 
busy over your theatrical performance to bestow every 
attention on your aunt." Oh, goodness! And I have 
so much to do to-day. The dressmaker is coming. 

Rosalie. Why didn't you get something ready-made 
at the costumers and save yourself trouble? 

Sally. I did get something ready-made. Here it is. 
It's lovely, too. But it doesn't quite fit, and the dress- 
maker is coming to alter it. I'll show you. (starts to 
undo bundle) 

Felicia. Sally, I beg of you, don't undo that now. 
What dressmaker did you yet, Mrs. Flim? 

Sally. No, Mrs. Flim couldn't come herself, but she 
said she would send one of her assistants around as soon 
as possible. 

Felicia. Go back at once and countermand that order. 



OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 7 

It won't do to have a dressmaker cluttering up the place 
when we are entertaining our aunt from California. 

Sally. Well, I'll do that, sister. But, say! I want to 
ask you, Felicia, if you will lend me your lorgnette, and 
you, Rosalie, if you will lend me your brooch and your 
jeweled fan to complete my costume as Mrs. Malaprop. 
I won't hurt them a mite. Please say yes. 

Felicia. Impossible, Sally, I can't spare it. I use my 
lorgnette constantly myself. 

Rosalie. My brooch and fan! No, indeed. They are 
both too valuable. 

Sally. Oh, dear! I wanted tiiem so. But, mercy! I 
must take some time to-day to rehearse the part of Mrs. 
Malaprop. Felicia, it wants a half-hour yet to eleven. 
Won't you please hear me rehearse my lines? 

Felicia. I really can't, Sally. I'm too busy, {exit, 
studying comic paper) 

Sally. Rosalie, won't you? 

Rosalie. With only a half-hour to get dressed? You'll 
have to excuse me. (exit) 

Sally, (ruefully) I suppose I can be rehearsing to 
myself on the way to the dressmakers, (takes up hat) 

(Knock on door. Maid presents telegram.) 

What's this? A telegram! To the Misses Needey. Hope 
nothing's happened to mother! (reads) Here's a joke. 
" Visit postponed. Do not expect me. Mrs. Merry Munto- 
burn." And the girls have taken all this trouble for 
nothing, (laughs over comic articles) Well, I won't 
have to put off the dressmaking then. Let's see what 
needs doing, (undoes bundle and holds up things) This 
goes here, and this here. Wonder how I'll look. I don't 
believe anyone will know me. Say! How would it be 
to make up now and try and pass off on the girls as 
Aunt Merry? I wonder if I could! They have refused 
every time to look at my costume or hear me rehearse. 
I'll try it. It will be a huge joke on my sisters if they 
don't know me. (puts on disguise) It will be good 
practice for me, too, in preparation for Mrs. Malaprop. 
Now, I'm ready. 

(Enter Felicia, carrying lorgnette.) 

Felicia. Sally, if you don't hurry off to that dress- 
maker's Oh, I beg your pardon. 

Sally. I presume I have the pleasure of addressing 
one of the Misses Needey? Behold in me Mrs. Munto- 



8 OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 

burn. Your Aunt Merry, child. Did not your mother 
write you I was coming? 

Felicia. Oh, is this Aunt Merry? Yes, certainly she 
did. How do you do? The maid did not announce you. 
You are very welcome, I'm sure. 

Sally. Just turn about so as to face the light, my 
dear, and see if I can recognize you from your photo- 
graph. No, I think not. You are Rosalie? 

Felicia. No, I'm Felicia. 

(Enter Rosalie, dressed up with hrooch conspicuous on 
hreast. Not seeing Sally.) 

Rosalie. Oh, how I dread the visit of this awful 
aunt! 

Felicia, (horrified) Rosalie! Here is Aunt Merry. 

Rosalie, (stammering) Oh — how do you do, Aunt 
Merry? 

Sally. You'll have to speak louder, my dear. I 
haven't heard a word you said. I do not always hear 
with the perspicuity of younger ears. Observe, young 
ladies, I do not say I am deaf, but merely that an occa- 
sional sentence, if not clear and extinct, I find alludes 
me. 

Rosalie. (aside) Lucky escape! I thought my 
chance of seeing Europe was "extinct." (aloud) You 
don't know how we've been looking forward to your 
coming. Aunt Merry. 

Felicia. We've heard that you are such a joker. 
Humor is what I particularly admire. 

Rosalie. And so do I. 

Sally. I am by no means a humorist myself. But in 
youth I always commend plenty of hilarity and vivisec- 
tion. But do not misreprehend me. There is a decorum 
in these matters I would on no account have a young 
woman continually divulging herself in piebald laughter 
and loud halloo-cinations. But that she should have a 
natural, copious fund of merriment is imminently fitting 
Where is the other young woman, Sally? 

Felicia. She was obliged to transact some business 
with the dressmaker this morning. But she'll be right 
back. 

Sally. I am told that she looks like me. Does she? 

Rosalie. Yes, I think she does, a good deal. 

Sally. Ahem! Is she good-looking? 

Rosalie. Sally? Oh, no, not ver — that is, not very 
good-looking compared to you. Aunt Merry. 

Sally. Well, I must say I am not flattered — by her 



OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 9 

absence this morning on a trumpery dressmaking er- 
rand when she had every reason to prognosticate my 
coming {tosses her head and unsettles her wig, tries in 
vain to adjust it securely) After my journey, my coif- 
fure seems to be a little deranged. 

Felicia. Wouldn't you like to step up-stairs and have 
the conveniences of my toilet table? 

Rosalie. Oh, use mine, Aunt Merry, {exit all) 

(Maid ushers in Mrs. Merry Muntoburn.) 

Mrs. M. Just say a lady to see the Misses Needey. 
(exit maid) No one in readiness to receive me. I have 
taken them by surprise after all, as sure as my name is 
Merry Muntoburn. I was provoked this morning to re- 
ceive a letter from their mother, saying that in spite of 
my express injunction to the contrary, she had written 
to apprise them of my visit. Said oth-rwise they might 
not be at home. She wanted me to see them wearing 
their best company manners. I wanted to take them un- 
awares. And evidently, thanks to my foxy little tele- 
gram, I am to have my way. I think I will try for a 
while to prevent their knowing who I am. It will give 
me a better opportunity to judge of their real char- 
acters before selecting a companion for my European 
trip. And I do so enjoy a little intrigue. 

(Enter Sally, in haste, going toward the seioing 'basket.) 

Sally. I had hard work to slip away from them. If 

I don't get this fixed (sees Mrs. M.) Oh, you are 

the dressmaker sent by Mrs. Flim, aren't you? 

Mrs. M. I just came. 

Sally. Well, here, just take a stitch or two in my 
dress. It is ripping on account of being too small. See? 

Mrs. M. (aside) Who in the world can this be? I 
wonder if I am in the right house, (aloud) Are any of 
the Misses Needey at home? 

Sally. Oh, yes, they're all home. I mean, no. That 
is two of them are. I know it was Miss Sally Needey 
who engaged you. But she's out. She'll be right back. 
You just do this for me quickly. It'll be all right. I'm 
her aunt, her rich aunt from California, Mrs. Merry 
Muntoburn. 

Mrs. M. W-ha-a-at? 

Sally. Yes, I'm on here to size 'em up. I'm going to 
take my pick of them for a trip to Europe, (laughs) 

Mrs. M. You are! (drops scissors in amazement) 



10 OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 

Sally, (aside) Wonder if she knows me. I have 
never set eyes on her before, (aloud) You seem dis- 
turbed. Is anything the matter, I'd like to know? 

Mrs. M. (starting to repair dress) Oh, no. Nothing 
at all. (aside) I must be dreaming. I'll keep mum till 
I fathom this. 

(Enter Felicia and Rosalie.) 

Rosalie. Oh, here you are, Aunt Merry? 
Felicia. We didn't know where you were. 

(Mrs. M. starts forioard to respond, hut perceives that 

that tfipii nrlrlrp.fm Sat.t.y /> 



that they address Sally.) 



Sally. My gown ripped, and I came for the sewing 
basket, but your dressmaker kindly repaired the rent. 

Felicia. Dressmaker? — Oh (sees Mrs. M.) Why, 

Miss Sally has just gone to see you to make other ar- 
rangements. I don't know how you missed her. But 
you'll probably miss her again if you return now. She 
will surely hurry back to meet Aunt Merry. Perhaps 
you had better just sit down and wait until Miss Sally 
comes. 

Mrs. M. Thank you, I will, (aside) And keep an 
eye on that outrageous impostor. 

Sally. I see there is a proficiency of books about here. 
(picks up gaily-hound volumes and reads from backs) 
" Mark Twain " " Three Men in a Boat," " Fables in 
Slang." 

Felicia. I'm responsible for the presence of those de- 
lightful works. Aunt Merry. 

Sally. Very proper. All the Muntoburns are devoted 
to that kind of reading. (Mrs. M. opens her eyes) But 
don't I see some other books partially congealed by the 
table cover? (takes Mg book from under table) 

Felicia, (aside) Oh, my most precious volume! 

Sally, (reads from fly-leaf) " Felicia K. Needey." 
What book is this, Felicia? 

Felicia. It is a book of daily readings entitled, " Se- 
lected Extracts from Browning, Macaulay, Blackstone, 
and Herbert Spencer." 

Sally. What! Shocking! Such reading does not be- 
come a young woman. I fear you are over-educated. 
I'm not. I don't believe in it. None of the Muntoburns 
ever went to school after they were ten. 

Mrs. M. On the contrary — hem — hem — hem! 

Sally. Who prescribes for these comic papers? 



OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. H 

Rosalie. Those are mine. I don't care for serious 
works, Aunt Merry. 

Sally. Eh? What's that? You don't care for work? 
Then just step up-stairs and get me a lozenge if you 
please. And kindly move with more celebrity or I may 
cough before you return back. 

(Exit Rosalie.) 

Dr. Muntoburn often says, " Merry, be careful not 
to cough, as you are very pliable to jar your dia- 
gram," (turns suddenly and catches Felicia fondling 
''Selected Extracts^) Felicia, will you kindly put that 
book out of sight. I have a perfect anticipation against 
it. They say it was just such a book as that that was 
thrown at an ancestor of the Muntoburns by an angry 
schoolmaster. It hit him right on the frontal globe of 
the antibellum, and that is why ever since the Munto- 
burns have all been born cross-eyed. 

Mrs. M. {aside) Well, of all things! 

Felicia. I have heard that the Muntoburn ancestry 
can boast many brave and gallant soldiers. 

Sally. Far from it, the Muntoburns have always been 
above soldiering. A man once called your uncle 
" Colonel " Muntoburn. Your uncle sued him for defi- 
nition of character. Please do not again connect the 
name of Muntoburn with vulgar clanking soldiers. None 
of the family ever went to war except one, and he was 
grafted. 

(Sally's yarns about the Muntoburn family produce a 
lively effect on Mrs. M.) 

Felicia, (aside) I am unfortunate in every attempt 
to please her. 

(Enter Rosalie, breathless. Gives Sally lozenge. About 
to take easy chair, is forestalled by Sally.) 

Sally, (with slight motion to rise) You weren't 
going to take this chair, were you? 

Rosalie. Oh, no. 

Sally, (smiling on Rosalie) I like to see a young 
woman so sprightly and active. Activity is a prominent 
trait in the Muntoburn family. My mother-in-law, Mrs. 
Lot Muntoburn, though over ninety, never descends the 



12 OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 

stairs except by sliding down the banisters. 

Mrs, M. (aside) I can hardly control my indignation. 

Sally. After so much comical reading, girls, you must 
know many amusing stories. Can you commemorate 
one to tell me now? 

Felicia. Oh, I know a very amusing anecdote, aunt. 

Sally. Let's have it. Nothing would please me bet- 
ter. The Muntoburns are collaborated for their sense of 
humor. 

Felicia. It was an incident in which a Scotchman en- 
countered an Irishman, and the Scotchman uttered the 
national phrase, " Hoot, mon," and the Irishman re- 
sponded by asking if he (the Scotchman) was expect- 
ing him (the Irishman) to give an imitation of the 
familiar cry of an owl. (pause) 

Sally, (with polite interest) And then what did the 
Scotchman say? 

Felicia. Oh — that's all — or — you see — the Irishman 
understood him to have reference to an owl. 

Sally. It's not at all surprising that he did. No one 
expects an Irishman to reprehend the localisms of Scot- 
tish determinology. 

Mrs. M. (aside) And that's the Muntoburn's sense 
of humor! 

Sally. Where did you get that story? In here? 
(takes up comic paper) I think there must be more to 
it. — Oh, I can hardly read this print. I left my reading 
glasses in the train. Just give me that lorgnette of 
yours, Felicia, lorgnettes do not become a young woman. 

Felicia. You're welcome to it, Aunt Merry. 

Sally, (using lorgnette) Ah, this is better, (aside, 
mimicking Felicia) " Impossible, Sally, I can't spare 
it." Oh, this is rich! I'll get the brooch and fan, too. 

Mrs. M. (aside) That lorgnette is an article of value! 

Sally, (reads) Hum — Yes, it is as you told it. — My 
neck-gear here will not stay in place. Just give me that 
brooch, Rosalie. You don't need it there. This wear- 
ing of brooches at one side where they serve no unitarian 
purpose does not become a young woman. Thank you, 
I'm sure. 

Mrs. M. (aside) That brooch is worth fifty dollars! 
That woman is a thief! I see it all. Having heard in 
some way that I was coming, she effected entrance here 
by impersonating me. Oh, what shall I do? 

Sally. Let me see this music here. Oh, — coon songs. 
How does this one go? 

Rosalie. I don't know, Aunt Merry, (maliciously) 
Felicia put them there. 



OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 13 

Sally, (with approving smile at Felicia) That shows 
a healthy, youthful taste. The Muntoburns often rise at 
five o'clock in the morning to sing coon songs. 

Felicia. Yes, I dote upon them. They are so enliven- 
ing. 

Sally. Well, sing one for me. 

Felicia. Oh, please excuse 

Sally. Tut— tut! Don't infect modesty. A Munto- 
burn abhors stimulated intimidation. 

Rosalie, {aside to Felicia) Think of Europe, Felicia. 
Better try it. (aside) I know Felicia can't do it. 

Felicia, (aside) I have heard Sally sing it so often, 
I believe I know it. 

Sally. Come, begin at once. As a member of the 
Muntoburn family, instant compliance is what I'm ac- 
complished to. 

Felicia. Very well, I'll try. (sings) 

Sally, (aside, covertly laughing) Oh, think of get- 
ting Felicia to sing a coon song! (interrupts) Louder! 
Louder! (Felicia sings louder) Rosalie, come girl, get 
up and dance to that chorus. 

Rosalie. Dance! Oh, I don't know how. 

Sally. I'll teach you. Stand by me. (dances a feio 
grotesque steps) Do that. (Rosalie tries) Jump more. 
Jump higher, Rosalie. 

Rosalie, (stopping, exhausted) I can't dance any 
more. I'm not used to dancing that way. 

Sally. Why not, I'd like to know. That is the proper 
way. The Muntoburns are leaders in California society. 
They all dance that way. The higher you jump, the more 
fashionable you are considered. Many a time I have 
seen Dr. Muntoburn in the dance bump his head against 
the chanticleer. And though I don't wish to boast, it 
is a common saying in San Francisco's upper circles 
that Mrs. Merry Muntoburn dances like a kangaroo. 

Mrs. M. Indeed! (girls look at her in surprise) 

Sally. Oh, I'm warm, Rosalie, didn't you have a jew- 
elled fan up-stairs? Run and get it. 

(Rosalie exit, and returns with fan, which she puts on 
the taJyle. Knock at the door. Felicia opens. Enter 
Miss Wilcoxngibs.) 

Miss W. Is Miss Sally Needey here? She engaged a 
dressmaker from Mrs. Flim's establishment to sew for 
her this morning. 

Felicia. We know that she did. The dressmaker is 
here, (indicating Mrs. M.) 



14 OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 

Miss W. I'm the dressmaker. Mrs. Flim just sent 
me around. She couldn't spare me any earlier. 

Mrs. M. (aside) What shall I do? If I say who I am 
now, I fear they won't believe me. (aloud) Miss Sally 
said she wished to hurry her work and would engage 
two of us. 

Sally. Oh, no! I never — can believe a niece of mine 
would be so extravagant, (aside) I don't understand 
this. 

Mrs. M. (aside to Miss W., giving her money) Back 
me up. It's all right. Only a joke. 

Miss W. Oh, yes, I remember now. Miss Sally was at 
the office twice. The first time she engaged this lady, 
and then she came back and engaged me also in addi- 
tion. 

Rosalie. Why, that can't be! She went back a second 
time to countermand her first order, and arrange to have 
her work done at Mrs. Film's. 

Sally, (aside) That second girl is lying. The first 
has acted suspiciously from the beginning. What if 
they are sneak thieves! They are evidently in league. 
I'll keep my eye upon them till they leave. 

Felicia. We expect Miss Sally back every minute. 

Mrs. M. We'll wait until she comes. 

Rosalie, (to Felicia) I know Sally never engaged 
two dressmakers just to alter that costume. We had 
better send them back. Otherwise they will perhaps ex- 
pect Sally to pay for their wasted time. 

Felicia, (to Mrs. M. and Miss W.) Ladies, there is 
some mistake, I know. You had better not wait. 1 take 
all responsibility in the matter. 

Miss W. Very well. 

Mrs. M. (aside) What shall I do? I can't leave those 
unsuspecting girls at the mercy of that bold swindler. 
(aloud) I think I ought to wait. Miss Sally's last 
words to me were, " If I should not be at home, don't 
fail to wait till I come." 

Sally, (aside) Oh, I said nothing of the sort! She's 
a burglar! I know she's a burglar! 

Felicia, (to Mrs. M.) That may be, but I am Miss 
Needey, and I request you not to wait. 

Mrs. M. Very well, then, (puts on hat — aside) I'll 
fly for a policeman. My only fear is she may escape 
while I'm gone, with that brooch on. (sees jewelled 
fan on the table) She shan't take this anyhow, (slips 
fan into her muff) 

Sally, (pouncing on her) Thieves, thieves! Put 
that back! I knew they were thieves! I just saw this 



OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 15 

one take your fan, Rosalie. She has it in her muff. 
(forces Mrs. M. to disclose fan) 

Miss W. Oh, I'm no thief! I had nothing to do with 
it. She gave me this five dollars when I came in, to 
back her up in pretending she was from Mrs. Film's, too. 
I thought it was some joke. 

Mrs. M. Girls, listen to me! She's the thief, {jwint- 
ing to Sally) I'm not a thief 

Sally. Oh, no, of course not, with that fan in her 
muff. 

Felicia. I'll run for the police! Hold her. Aunt 
Merry. 

Mrs. M. Listen a moment! She's not your aunt at 
all 

(Enter Mrs. Needey.) 

Rosalie and Felicia. Mother! 
Felicia. Oh, mother, we've caught a thief here! 
Mrs. M. Sister! This woman is a burglar! 
Sally. This woman just tried to rob us. 
Mrs. N. Why, Sister Merry! What does this mean? 
Who is this? 

(Mrs. M., struggling to free herself, knocks off Sally's 
ivig. ) 

Sally! ! ! What are you doing to your Aunt Merry? 

Mrs. M. Sally! 

Sally. Aunt Merry! 

Rosalie and Felicia. Sally! Aunt Merry! 

Mrs. N. Your grandfather recovered so fast that I 
was able to come home in time, thank goodness, to pre- 
vent your haling your aunt to the police station. Sally, 
are you at the bottom of this? 

Sally. I thought Aunt Merry wasn't coming, so I 
dressed up just for a trick on the girls. 

Rosalie and Felicia. And we took Aunt Merry for a 
dressmaker! 

Sally. And I took her for a thief. 

Mrs. N. Well, you had better ask her pardon. 

Rosalie. We beg you to forgive us, Aunt Merry. 

Felicia. We wouldn't for the world have treated you 
with discourtesy. 

Mrs. M. (starting to laugh) Well, I certainly appre- 
ciate the pains you were at to gratify my tastes. 
(sternly) But, as for Miss Sally! (looks at crestfallen 
Sally and gives icay to laughter) It is true that I am a 



16 OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA. 

lover of jokes. Your impersonation of me in my pres- 
ence is the best joke I have ever heard. Sally, will you 
go with me to Europe? 

Sally. Oh, Aunt Merry! 

Miss W. Well, shall I stay and alter that costume, or 
return to Mrs. Film's? 



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78 Our Gal 

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144 Highways and By-Waj's 

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146 Harlequin Bluebeard 

147 Ladies at Home 

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149 Comedy and Tragedy 

150 Opposite "^ eighbors 

151 Dutchman's Ghost 

152 Persecuted Dutchman 

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54 Great Tragic Revival 

155 High Low Jack & Game 

156 A Gentleman from Ire- 
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158 Villige Lawyer 

159 Captain's not A-miss 

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166 Lady of Bedchamber 

167 Take Care of Little 

168 Irish Widow [Charley 

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170 Hiram Hireout 

171 Double-Bedded Room 

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173 Vermont Wool Dealer 

174 Ebenezer Venture [ter 

175 Principles from CI; 

176 Lady of the Lake (Trav) 

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178 Bxtrney the Baron 

179 Swiss Swains 

180 Bachelor's Bedroom 

181 A Roland for an Oliver 

182 More Blunders than One 

183 Dumb Belle 
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187 Spectre Bridegroom 

188 Matteo Falcone 

189 Jenny Lind 
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191 Happy Man 

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194 Teddy Roe 

195 Object of Interest 
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199 The Victor Vanquished 

200 Our Wife 

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201 My Husband's Mirror 

202 Yankee Land 

203 Norah Creina 

204 Good for Nothing 

205 The First Night 

206 The Eton Boy 

207 Wandering Minstrel 
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209 Poor Pilcoddy 

210 The Mummy [Glasses 

211 Don't Forget your Opera 

212 Love in Livery 

213 Anthony and fcleopatra 

214 Trying It On 

215 Stage Struck Yankee 

216 Young Wife & Old Um- 
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218 A Family Failing 

219 Adopted Child 

220 Turned Heads 

221 A Match in the Dark 

222 Advice to Husbands 
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224 Sent to the Tower 

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225 Somebody B.lse 
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229 The Rights of Man 

230 My Husband's Ghost 

231 Two Can Play at that 
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234 Pet of the Petticoats 

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236 Who Stole the Pocket- 
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247 Maid with the Milking 

248 Perplexing Predicament 

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249 Dr. Dil worth 

250 Out to Nurse 

251 A Lucky Hit 

252 The Dowager 

253 Metamora (Burlesque) 

254 Dreams of Delusion 

255 The Shaker Lovers 

256 Ticklish Times 

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Hhl 20 Minutes with a Tiger 

258 Miralda; or, the Justice 

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259 A Soldier's Courtship 

260 Servants by Legacy 

261 Dying for Love 

262 Alarming Sacrifice 

263 Valet deShum 

264 Nicholas Mckleby 

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265 The Last of the Pigtails 

266 King Rene's Daughter 

267 The Grotto Nvniph 

268 A Devilish Good Joke 
2K9 A Twice Told Tale 
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i1\ Revolutionary Soldier 

272 A Man Without a Head 

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273 The Olio, Part 1 
974 Tlie Mlio, Part 2 

276 The Olio, Part 3 [ter 

276 The Trumpeter's Daugh- 

277 Seeing Warren 

278 Green Mountain Boy 

279 That Nose 

280 Tom Noddy's Secret 

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281 Shocking Events 

282 A Regular Fix 

283 Dick Turpin 

284 Young Scimp 

285 Young Actress 

286 Call at No. 1—7 

2'*7 One Touch of Naturt 

288 Two B'hoys 

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289 All the World's a Stage 

290 Quash, or Nigger Prac- 
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2tt3 Angel of the Attic 

294 CircumstancesalterCases 

295 Katty O'Sheal 

296 A Supper in Dixie 
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297 Ici on Parle Francais 

298 Who Killed Cock Robin 

299 Declaration of Independ- 

300 Heads or Tails [ence 
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302 My Aunt 

303 That Rascal Pat 

304 Don Paddy de Bazan 
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305 Too Much for Good Na- 

306 Cure for the Fidgets 

307 Jack's the Lad 

308 Much Ado AboutNothIng 

309 Artful Dodger 

310 Winning Hazard 

311 Day's Fishing [Ac. 

312 Did you ev- r send your, 
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313 An Irishman's Maneuver 

314 Cousin F.annie 

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316 Masquerade [fore Dawn 

317 Crowding the Se.ason 

318 Good Night's Rest 

319 Man with the Carpet Bag 
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